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2005 RX400H - how difficult is it to replace a bearing, new disc and pads on this car? I have a good mechanic but he’s probably not worked on a car like this. Is it more complicated due to regenerative breaking than a non regenerative?

Thanks in advance,

Ez

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Disks and pads are a piece of cake, just remember to slacken off the parking brake to get the rear disk off. Not done wheel bearing but it looks like they are a complete unit bolted on so not too much trouble. The regen braking is not an issue.

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Member "Herbie" is correct in that to bleed the brake system fully Techstream is required.

The brake system is more complex because of the requirement for a transition from regen braking to combined regen and mechanical brakes, and finally to mechanical only "normally below 7 mph", and the operation of ABS, and VSC systems.

John.

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Thanks for the replies guys. I didn’t think it would straight forward... 

when you say ‘slacken the parking brake’, I presume it means at the disc and not just release the parking brake?

Ez

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17 minutes ago, Ezzie said:

Thanks for the replies guys. I didn’t think it would straight forward... 

when you say ‘slacken the parking brake’, I presume it means at the disc and not just release the parking brake?

Ez

I think that's exactly what he means, slacken the brake at the disc to enable the disc to come away without catching.

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